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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC

March 25, 2012Bryan County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2012, 12:13 AM EDT for Bryan County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2012, 12:13 AM EDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2012, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC

County Bryan County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2012-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 593 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2012-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 254 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

582 
WWUS82 KCHS 250413
SPSCHS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1213 AM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

GAZ116-137-138-250445-
INLAND BRYAN-INLAND LIBERTY-LONG-
1213 AM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF LIBERTY...BRYAN AND
LONG COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM EDT...

AT 1209 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR GUM BRANCH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
FLEMINGTON...FORT STEWART...GUM BRANCH AND HINESVILLE...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
DIME SIZE HAIL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3206 8151 3189 8138 3179 8172 3196 8180
TIME...MOT...LOC 0414Z 249DEG 30KT 3191 8165

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCandler24 min
Mar 24, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBulloch, Candler, Screven29 min
Mar 24, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Screven53 min
Mar 24, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEffingham, Screven57 min
Mar 24, 10:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSCandler34 min
Mar 25, 1:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCHS89 min
Mar 25, 12:39 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCHS5 hr
Mar 24, 10:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSOrangeburg30 min
Mar 24, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSDorchester22 min
Mar 24, 11:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley26 min
Mar 25, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley56 min
Mar 25, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCHSBerkeley22 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.